cimorene

this is one of my top three or four favourite episodes. the plot! the klingon commander! kirk and spock's brightly-coloured little tights!

however, i'd like to open this post with some

i wonder what SPOCK sat in.

in annotated scenes, we have

KUR, the klingon commander, is done menacing KIRK and has moved on to SPOCK.

KUR: take this man. vulcans are members of the federation. [SPOCK raises an eyebrow] he may be a spy.

KIRK (interrupting): he's no spy!

SPOCK's eyebrow shoots up and he and KUR both turn to look at KIRK, KUR smirking. KIRK looks a bit ashamed of himself, really.

KUR: wellll! have we a ram among the sheep? [KIRK nervously laces his hands together in front of him as though praying.] you object to us taking the vulcan?

KIRK, more mildly: he's done nothing... nothing at all.

[KIRK tries to be meek but tends to glower up sullenly from beneath his lashes. apparently the sullenness, as well as the sultriness, comes naturally.]
KUR: for an organian, yours is practically an act of rebellion. very good.

[cut some plot points, KLINGON posturing and KIRKian glowering.]

KUR: take the vulcan to the examination room! you, come with me: i will familiarise you with your new duties.

KIRK, restraining so hard his voice comes out a murmur: what about mr spock?

KUR: you are concerned?
KIRK, glowering so hard he probably has a headache, a little sharply: he is my friend.
KUR: he will be examined. if he is lying, he will die. if he is telling the truth, he will find that business has taken a turn for the worse.

SPOCK is watching KIRK with a slight frown of dismay.
KUR: take him.

KIRK and the guards start forward at the same moment; KUR throws his arm out, slamming a hand into KIRK's shoulder to hold him in place.
and then, since you haven't yet seen the brightly-coloured tights,

a KLINGON walking past deliberately shoulders KIRK out of the way.

KLINGON: outta the way, organian!

SPOCK, interposing himself: i'm sorry, sir, we did not notice you.
KLINGON: next time, keep your eyes open, or i'll shut them permanently.

the KLINGON shoves SPOCK back into KIRK.

KIRK regains his footing and starts to scramble after the KLINGON.
SPOCK: [restrains him by leaning back against him and putting a hand on his thigh(not making this up! pictorial evidence!)] CAPTAIN!

KIRK stops and stands with his hand there on SPOCK, scowling after the KLINGON.
SPOCK: i strongly suggest we direct our energies toward the immediate problem: accomplishing our mission here.

KIRK: you didn't really think i was going to beat his head in, did you?
SPOCK: i thought you might.
KIRK: you're right.

silent sequence:

bonus: manly heterosexual poses, funny faces, brightly-coloured tights.

he's actually saying something like "i agree", but it's obviously code for "you are indubitably the cutest boyfriend EVER."

no! don't look at me! they haven't invented klingon face latex yet, my forehead's all smooth!

there's spoiler space inside this cut before the annotated closer--because this is a plot where it might actually make a difference, and if you haven't seen the episode before, you might actually get to soon, because we downloaded a dvd ripper and i'm going to share some highlight episodes once we pay for the permament version of it.

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abandon all hope, ye who enter here!
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okay then.

KIRK is brooding with chin in hand, so SPOCK takes time out to go draw him out.

SPOCK: you've been most restrained since we left organia.

KIRK: i'm embarrassed.

SPOCK raises his eyebrows and frowns his confusion.
KIRK, ruefully: i was furious with the organians for stopping a war i didn't want! we think of ourselves as the most powerful beings in the universe... it's unsettling to discover that we're wrong.
SPOCK frowns for a second.

SPOCK: captain, it took millions of years for the organians to evolve into what they are. even the gods did not spring into being overnight. you and i have no reason to be embarrassed.